Beauty and the Beast, released in 1991, is another Disney movie that has significant meanings. The phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” is expressed throughout the plot in many different ways. For instance, the people do not trust Beast because of the way he looks, but Gaston is highly supported even though he criticizes Belle and her father for being different. Belle does not judge Beast by his outer appearance, but instead she gets to know him for the kind and gentle man that he is. She fell in love with Beast, regardless of his outside appearance and short temper. Viewers will be more accepting of others as a result of watching the movie. In addition, Beauty and the Beast shows viewers that a “chipped cup” can still have value. At first glance, Chip …show more content…
A person may be suffering addiction, experiencing depression, expressing opposing views, or do something very bad, but those things do not define him/her. Chip is not defined by his recklessness (which is why he is chipped), but is instead defined by his actions and his heart. This can, and has, been applied to life by the people who watched Beauty and the Beast. Lastly, Beauty and the Beast teaches us that inner beauty conquers outer beauty. Beast realizes this during the movie when he starts to love Belle. While many Disney movies include beautiful princesses that marry handsome princes and live happily ever after, Beauty and the Beast is different. Belle is not considered beautiful, and Beast is certainly not handsome, but they love each other regardless. The movie shows young girls that love is not all about being pretty, but that it comes from the heart. Overall, Beauty and the Beast is an influential movie for children because it teaches them to be more accepting of others and that a person is more than what is expressed on the
“It’s ALIVE”!!!!! Most people know that line from the 1931 movie Frankenstein. However, most people do not know that Mary Shelley’s 1818 book Frankenstein is one of the earliest examples of the proverb “one can not judge a book by its cover.” In the novel, the normal-looking Victor Frankenstein is unfeeling and apathetic, and the Monster is ugly and virtuous. To prove that beauty is on the inside, Shelley parallels Victor and the Monster’s response to adversity and guilt.
At the critical moment, the beast injured and rescued Belle. He became moral and his humanity moved Belle deeply. She helped him to change,looked after him, and had innermost feelings on him. The beast turned back into the prince
The woman warns him, “Do not be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.” The prince, however, remains unconvinced and orders her away a second time. It is then that the woman transforms herself into a lovely enchantress and as punishment turns the prince into a monstrous beast. Beauty and the Beast is a story in which the central theme is appearance: it opens with the prince’s failure to look past an exterior and ends with Belle’s success at looking through the exterior. Similarly, in The Odyssey, appearance plays a large role.
Yet, Orenstein claims that they have focused largely on the princess culture and also that these princesses have advanced from being simple storybook characters to now representing a negative influence on a female’s expectations in life. She suggests this idea in her article with the notion that other women, especially mothers, would agree with her opinion. Although, what she fails to acknowledge is that Disney isn't trying to sell messages of the “nice and pretty” girl or the perpetual “happily ever after” ending to young children. Instead, they are only marketing their products to a specific, easily influenced audience. Orenstein places blame on Disney, shaming them for taking advantage of the pre-existing princesses for their own profit.
In her article, “All’s Not Well in Land of ‘The Lion King’”, Margaret Lazarus tells of the time she took her children to see “The Lion King”. Throughout her essay she explains what she thought of the movie and how it affected her. She explains how the animals in the pridelands are paying tribute to the “infant son that will someday be their king”. Margaret sees them basically as lion food and that they all live together in “supposed harmony in the ‘circle of life’”. She goes on to explain how outside the kingdom there’s a dark gloomy and impoverished elephant graveyard full of hyenas that she feels are stereotyped as African Americans.
Beauty is a very powerful and prominent thing. It’s what makes you get out of bed in the mornings and makes the world go round. Despite all that, there are some negatives of it as well. “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros gives a window back in time to a point where a little girl named Esperanza grows up on the streets of Chicago. Through the numerous rapes, abusive relationships, and the absence of respect for women, Cisneros portrays a theme that beauty is a double edged sword through the characters Esperanza and Sally.
Beauty embodies the good and the Beast the evil as she helps the Beast to become a better person. She does this by using her power of kindness and tells the Beast that he should not see him as a horrible person "there are many that deserve that name more
“For in my dark despair I've slowly understood My perfect world out there Had disappeared for good But in its place I feel A truer life begin And it’s so good and real it must come from within” (Beauty, A Change In Me). She has given up her life behind to help her father and make sure he did not die in the cell Beast had him in. After being traded the cell for a nicer room, Beast demands that Belle has dinner with him, hoping a relationship could
When you think of beauty and the beast you think of the love story where they fell in love and lived happily ever after. In 1965 in this case of beauty and the beast it was not such a love story but more of a tragic inner beast coming out to destroy the beauty. The beauty was 16 year old Sylvia Liken who was left under the care of the beast 37 year old Gertrude Baniszewski by her parents that barely even knew the lady. James Q. Wilson (1975) observation stated, "Wicked people exist. Nothing avails except to set them apart from innocent people.
Beauty and ugliness is often used to justify the reaction of others in the novel, Frankenstein; in which the relation between external appearance and internal desires are shown to be related. The theme of how appearance affects judgement is often demonstrated through the characters response to the monster’s physical being. Shelley depicts this situation through Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the Delacey family, and through the monster himself. The use of appearance to determine judgement is shown to be a negative habit. By automatically associating ugliness with evil, and beauty with innocence, society unintentionally develops a negative being in those considered ugly, while at the same creating an illusion of innocence over beautiful individuals.
Walt Disney has been making girls think that in order to be beautiful you have to be the perfect shape and size. (Shortridge). Some people believe that the Disney Princesses are great role models for children because Mulan teaches us to never give up on the strengths we have just because we are girls, Belle teaches us to never judge a book by its cover, and Pocahontas shows us real princesses are strong leaders. On the other hand, some individuals feel that Disney Princesses are bad role models because of their unrealistic body appearance, telling girls every marriage ends with a happily ever after when you get married at a young age, and saying every girl needs a man in order to be happy. Both sides have valid points but in reality everyone
The Little Mermaid which was produced in 1989, was the first Disney movie to challenge the traditional gender roles, for the fact that Ariel wanted to explore, and was more independent and assertive in her desires than the earlier princesses of the 1930’s and 50s films. Also the prince in The Little Mermaid went against traditional gender roles as well, simply because he was more affectionate and loving than his prince counterparts in other Disney films. “Both the male and female roles have changed over time, but overall the male characters evinced less change then the female characters and were more androgynous throughout.” (Descartes & England, pg.566). Disney movies have been for a long time a strong media target for children, and can serve as a way to address stereotypical gender roles (Leaper, 2000).
Love is a choice, a feeling, a kind of belief and a kind of responsibility. I get this thesis from two different places. In the movie “Beauty and the Beast” and the novel “Phantom of the Opera,” we can see this theme when we analyze the similarities and differences between the characters of the Beast and Erik, and Belle and Christine. In the movie “Beauty and the Beast”, the Beast choice Belle, he do not choice any other girls.
The female character of Disney stories in these eras manifest more braveness, leadership, and independence which represents the concept of feminism. For example, Belle from Beauty and the Beast changes the Beast into a charming prince by a miracle of her true love. Mulan disguises herself as a man to go to war instead of her elderly father and proves herself that she is as brave as a man. Pocahontas protects her tribe from invaders along with protecting her beloved who is stigmatized as one of the invaders by using the compromising tactic. Queen Elza governs her kingdom impartially.
Beauty in Beauty in the Beast is also known for her beauty not only in her family but in people that knew her. In the classic tale Beauty is the youngest sister and she is described as “far prettier and cleverer than they were” (pg. 3 Villeneuve). In Cupid and Psyche, Psyche’s beauty is also known and is often